Tennessee Pitcher called to MLB and let Drew Gilbert watch his dog

Former Tennessee Baseball jug Blade Tidwell Is on the way to the MLB to play for the New York Mets.

This means that he has to quickly pack his suitcases out of the METS triple-A squad in Syracus to be the team for the road trip to St. Louis.

Unfortunately, his dog Bentley cannot yet make the trip with him. The solution is to have its former Vols and Triple-A teammates in Syracus Drew Gilbert Watch him in the meantime.

This familiarity with Gilbert does not necessarily make Tidwell confident. When asked whether he trusts his long -time friend with his dog, he replied: “Not really”.

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It will not take long for Tidwell to get the ball into the MLB. Mets Manager Carlos Mendoza announced that on May 4th he will be the starting jug for his game against the cardinals.

“He deserves it,” said Mendoza. “We know that the stuff is there. We saw lightning in the spring training session, and the way he thrown the ball, especially lately … We needed a start, he got positioned and he gets the call.”

Tidwell becomes number 15 of the organization in his pipeline. Sunday will mark its MLB debut, as this is the first time that it is called.

Tidwell holds an ERA of 5.00 in 27 innings this season. In his last starts, he exchanged 18 hitter and just left one.

Last season he set up with New York's Double-A partner in seven games while earning an ERA of 2.41.

Gilbert's competitive nature has attracted a lot of attention since his time in Tennessee. Above all, in 2021 he beat a hiking-off grand slam in Knoxville and decorated as a reaction to a funny high bat flip.

In Tennessee, Gilbert was an all-American of the first team in 2022.

In his last year, the Field Field hit for an average of 0.362 with 11 Home Runs. He was also a newcomer and in the second year for a total of 16.1 Innerings with an ERA of 2.76.

He was a choice in the first round in the draft of 2022 MLB and was selected in total.

He began his pro -career in the organization of the Astros before being traded on the Mets. In the 2025 season, it beats an average of 0.306 and a percentage of 0.408. He has 11 runs, 11 RBI and a few Homeruns.

MLB.com evaluates Gilbert as No. 10 -Interest in the METS system.